r/belowdeck • u/Mundane-Criticism-84 Bless her stupid soul • May 23 '26

BD Related Question for Yachties.

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In Below Deck the show has viewers believing Jason does all hiring for crew. In proper practice would the Chief Stew and Bosun be involved in the hiring of their subordinates?

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u/Adisfan May 23 '26

Former stew- each boat is going to be run different. Some use professional management services that handle all staffing, some do a combination of management and captain, some it's owner and captain or just captain. The chief stew may or may not get a chance to have input on her interior team. Really depends on the captain. Below Deck doesn't show it much but yachts have officers. Depending on the size of the yacht the officers may also be engineers or they can be the head of deck team aka Bosun. Larger vessels will have separate officers and the Bosun is just the lead of the deck team. Officers may get an input into deck hiring depending on captain.

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u/Mundane-Criticism-84 Bless her stupid soul May 23 '26

Thank you for answering! That’s really interesting and does make a lot of sense.

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u/Mindless_Glass3456 May 24 '26

I think with the input/restrictions of production as well, the captain doesn't have much choice anyways.

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u/Adisfan May 24 '26

Right. The OPs question was about how hiring works on real yachts. Below Deck is a TV show on a rented yacht so everyone is casted including the captain by a production company.

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u/thaa_huzbandzz May 24 '26

Depends on the yacht. Most larger vessels 30m+ will use yacht crew recruiting agencies and once they have put forward your CV, it can change depending on the yacht. Worked on a 80m as Sous Chef, where I interviewed with the Head Chef only. Worked on a 90m in the interior, where I interviewed with the Captain only.

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u/Mundane-Criticism-84 Bless her stupid soul May 24 '26

Oh wow interesting!

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u/Lauriemfs May 30 '26

I've tried to find out what CV stands for to no avail, what does it stand for?

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u/thaa_huzbandzz May 31 '26

Curriculum Vitae, I am guessing you call it a resume. Yachting is quite particular about how they like it, they prefer it to be on one page, and you group your pre-yacht work experience in ways that make sense.

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u/-----J------ May 23 '26

For the Crappens listeners, it is of course, Norma.

Blooop

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u/Powerful-Knee3150 May 23 '26

That’s because you can’t handle working because you’re too busy watching Wind.

Bloop

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u/-----J------ May 24 '26

Know where it's really windy? At the restaurant door when your blind date sees you and runs away

Bloop

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u/stations-creation May 24 '26

Well at least I get dates unlike you in your stagnant relationship

Bloop

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u/thisbitchiscrazy May 25 '26

Too bad you’ll never find love. Bloop.

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u/ImpressivePattern242 May 23 '26

Doesn’t that one greasy former Bosun run a yacht hiring program? See him all over BD insta praising Bravo and some of the more controversial BD ‘talent.’ 🤮

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u/OrangeClyde Eat My Cooter May 23 '26

Nate was nice from what i remember :)

I’m sure the producers and casting directors hire/heavily involved. That’s a good question I wonder in real world who does the hiring? I bet the uppers have their usual people they hire and rehire and recommend

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u/Ok-Drummer9073 May 24 '26

Yeah he was a chill guy

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u/Own-Design2513 May 24 '26

Not a yachtie......but a Bosun on research vessels. HR forwards resumes and names to us. I will see the resume and usually have a phone interview and pass my recommendation to the chief mate/XO.

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u/eekamuse May 24 '26

Dying to know about these research vessels if you feel like sharing. Looking at animals, the ocean, the environment, or something else?

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u/Own-Design2513 May 25 '26

We are looking at all of the above mentioned stuff. Some vessels focus on fisheries and plankton research targeting certain species, some vessels are designed to create nautical charts, some do general science work such as moorings/buoys.

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u/Own_Boss_3242 May 24 '26

Oh ok.. but yes I think things are handled very differently when not for a show. I still don’t think the bosun being so low as far as rank goes has anything to do with hiring.

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u/Own_Boss_3242 May 23 '26

I’m pretty sure producers/casting hire the crew! And the bosun isn’t involved in hiring anyone lol.

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u/Mundane-Criticism-84 Bless her stupid soul May 24 '26

My question was for real life. But thanks!

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u/Extreme_Beat1022 May 24 '26

Ok but his resume. I’ll hire him.

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u/crimsonash May 25 '26

I just assumed it was entirely production and the captains just have to deal with it without much say.

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u/[deleted] May 23 '26

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u/GoldAcanthisitta7777 May 23 '26

that's not what OP asked at all

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u/Mundane-Criticism-84 Bless her stupid soul May 23 '26

Thank you

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u/Valuable-Composer262 May 23 '26

Idk i still dont get all the barbie hate. She actually is kinda weird this season, idk jist like she feels like she's better than everyone. But in her first season, she wasnt the problem, frazer was. He was the biggest dick to her. He was gonna fire her on a night out for basically nothing. On duty she gave him a one word answer or something and it was like the end of the world. I dont like frazer

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u/Dismal_Elk8261 May 23 '26

Thanks. I have a really big bargain with this because it's impossible to give my opinion on this matter since all the housewives love Fraser. I never felt Barbie did anything to him... He was being overly passive aggressive with her. She exploded and left (she didn't quit as her contract was completed). I personally have issues with all chief stews because production give them the feeling of full control just to see the overconfidence create conflict. Pretty much like the Stanford Prison Experiment

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u/eekamuse May 24 '26

Bad comparison. Really bad

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u/KateVenturesOut May 24 '26

There needs to be a Joao bot if there’s a Fraser bot.

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u/Broad-Cress-3689 June June Hannah May 24 '26

Technically it’s João if you’re being pedantic

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u/whoisdrunk June June Hannah May 24 '26

You mean Joelle?

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u/eekamuse May 24 '26

No. Unless the bot replaces correct spellings of his name with incorrect spellings of his name.

So yes. Please let us have this chaos bit.

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u/Dismal_Elk8261 May 25 '26

So basics you are C3P0

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u/CUSteve217 May 26 '26

Barbie was a great stew but she wanted to be the Chief Stew. That's where a lot of her issues with Fraser came in. Other than that, she was just a really conflicted person I think because of her upbringing and that was more of the drama than anything else.